A positive integer $ N$ with three digits in its base ten representation is chosen at random, with each three digit number having an equal chance of being chosen. The probability that $ \log_2 N$ is an integer is $ \textbf{(A)}\ 0 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 3/899 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 1/225 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 1/300 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 1/450$

The teacher wrote on a blackboard: $$x^2 + 10x + 20$$ Then all the pupils in the class came up in turn and either decreased or increased by $1$ either the free coefficient or the coefficient at $x$, but not both. Finally they have obtained: $$x^2 + 20x + 10$$ Is it true that some time during the process there was written the square polynomial with the integer roots?

$p$ is a prime number that is greater than $2$. Let $\{ a_{n}\}$ be a sequence such that $ na_{n+1}= (n+1) a_{n}-\left( \frac{p}{2}\right)^{4}$. Show that if $a_{1}=5$, the $16 \mid a_{81}$.

In triangle $ ABC$, $ AB \equal{} 13$, $ BC \equal{} 14$, and $ AC \equal{} 15$. Let $ D$ denote the midpoint of $ \overline{BC}$ and let $ E$ denote the intersection of $ \overline{BC}$ with the bisector of angle $ BAC$. Which of the following is closest to the area of the triangle $ ADE$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 2 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 2.5 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 3 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 3.5 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 4$

Find all positive integers $n$ and $b$ with $0 < b < 10$ such that if $a_n$ is the positive integer with $n$ digits, all of them $1$, then $a_{2n} - b a_n$ is a square.

Alice sells an item at $\$10$ less than the list price and receives $10\%$ of her selling price as her commission. Bob sells the same item at $\$20$ less than the list price and receives $20\%$ of his selling price as his commission. If they both get the same commission, then the list price is $ \textbf{(A)}\ \$20\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \$30\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \$50\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \$70\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \$100 $

In $\triangle ABC$, points $D$, $E$, and $F$ lie on sides $BC$, $CA$, and $AB$, respectively, such that each of the quadrilaterals $AFDE$, $BDEF$, and $CEFD$ has an incircle. Prove that the inradius of $\triangle ABC$ is twice the inradius of $\triangle DEF$.

Find the minimum value of $\int_0^1 \{\sqrt{x}-(a+bx)\}^2dx$. Please solve the problem without using partial differentiation for those who don't learn it. 1961 Waseda University entrance exam/Science and Technology

Given a rectangle $ABCD$ with $AB> BC$. On the side $CD$, take a point $L$ such that $BL$ and $AC$ are perpendicular. Let $K$ be the intersection point of segments $BL$ and $AC$. It is known that segments $AL$. and $DK$ are perpendicular. Find $\angle ACB.$

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $AB<AC<BC$ with circumcircle $\Gamma_1$. The circle $\Gamma_2$ has center $D$ lying on $\Gamma_1$ and touches $BC$ at $E$ and the extension of $AB$ at $F$. Let $\Gamma_1$ and $\Gamma_2$ meet at $K, G$ and the line $KG$ meets $EF$ and $CD$ at $M, N$. Show that $BCNM$ is cyclic.

Let $ABCD$ be a rectangle with center $O$ such that $\angle DAC = 60^o$. Bisector of $\angle DAC$ cuts a $DC$ at $S$, $OS$ and $AD$ intersect at $L$, $BL$ and $AC$ intersect at $M$. Prove that $SM \parallel CL$.

In a convex pentagon $ ABCDE$ in which $ BC\equal{}DE$ following equalities hold: \[ \angle ABE \equal{}\angle CAB \equal{}\angle AED\minus{}90^{\circ},\qquad \angle ACB\equal{}\angle ADE\] Show that $ BCDE$ is a parallelogram.

Alice and Bob play the following game: starting with the number $2$ written on a blackboard, each player in turn changes the current number $n$ to a number $n + p$, where $p$ is a prime divisor of $n$. Alice goes first and the players alternate in turn. The game is lost by the one who is forced to write a number greater than $\underbrace{22...2}_{2020}$. Assuming perfect play, who will win the game.

A fenced, rectangular field measures 24 meters by 52 meters. An agricultural researcher has 1994 meters of fence that can be used for internal fencing to partition the field into congruent, square test plots. The entire field must be partitioned, and the sides of the squares must be parallel to the edges of the field. What is the largest number of square test plots into which the field can be partitioned using all or some of the 1994 meters of fence?

$O$ is the vertex of a parabola, $F$ is its focus. $PQ$ is a chord of the parabola. If $|OF|=a,|PQ|=b$, find the area of $\triangle OPQ$.

Prove that the sum of an odd number of vectors of length 1, of common origin $O$ and all situated in the same semi-plane determined by a straight line which goes through $O,$ is at least 1.

For all natural $n$, an $n$-staircase is a figure consisting of unit squares, with one square in the first row, two squares in the second row, and so on, up to $n$ squares in the $n^{th}$ row, such that all the left-most squares in each row are aligned vertically. Let $f(n)$ denote the minimum number of square tiles requires to tile the $n$-staircase, where the side lengths of the square tiles can be any natural number. e.g. $f(2)=3$ and $f(4)=7$. (a) Find all $n$ such that $f(n)=n$. (b) Find all $n$ such that $f(n) = n+1$.

The following spiral sequence of squares is drawn on an infinite blackboard: The $1$st square $(1 \times 1)$ has a common vertical side with the $2$nd square (also $1\times 1$) drawn on the right side of it; the 3rd square $(2 \times 2)$ is drawn on the upper side of the $1$st and 2nd ones; the $4$th square $(3 \times 3)$ is drawn on the left side of the $1$st and $3$rd ones; the $5$th square $(5 \times 5)$ is drawn on the bottom side of the $4$th, 1st and $2$nd ones; the $6$th square $(8 \times 8)$ is drawn on the right side, and so on. Each of the squares has a common side with the rectangle consisting of squares constructed earlier. Prove that the centres of all the squares except the $1$st lie on two straight lines. (A Andjans, Riga)

Let $f: Z ^+ \to R$, such that $f (1) = 2018$ and $f (1) + f (2) + ...+ f (n) = n^2f (n)$, for all $n> 1$. Find the value $f (2017)$.

Compute the sum of $x^2+y^2$ over all four ordered pairs $(x,y)$ of real numbers satisfying $x=y^2-20$ and $y=x^2+x-21$. [i]2021 CCA Math Bonanza Lightning Round #3.4[/i]

Let $(x_j,y_j)$, $1\le j\le 2n$, be $2n$ points on the half-circle in the upper half-plane. Suppose $\sum_{j=1}^{2n}x_j$ is an odd integer. Prove that $\displaystyle{\sum_{j=1}^{2n}y_j \ge 1}$.

Let $n$ be a positive integer and $p$ a prime number $p > n + 1$. Prove that the following equation does not have integer solution $$1 + \frac{x}{n + 1} + \frac{x^2}{2n + 1} + ...+ \frac{x^p}{pn + 1} = 0$$ Luu Ba Thang, Department of Mathematics, College of Education

Triangle $ ABC$ is a right triangle with $ \angle ACB$ as its right angle, $ m\angle ABC \equal{} 60^\circ$, and $ AB \equal{} 10$. Let $ P$ be randomly chosen inside $ \triangle ABC$, and extend $ \overline{BP}$ to meet $ \overline{AC}$ at $ D$. What is the probability that $ BD > 5\sqrt2$? [asy]import math; unitsize(4mm); defaultpen(fontsize(8pt)+linewidth(0.7)); dotfactor=4; pair A=(10,0); pair C=(0,0); pair B=(0,10.0/sqrt(3)); pair P=(2,2); pair D=extension(A,C,B,P); draw(A--C--B--cycle); draw(B--D); dot(P); label("A",A,S); label("D",D,S); label("C",C,S); label("P",P,NE); label("B",B,N);[/asy] $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac {2 \minus{} \sqrt2}{2} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac {1}{3} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac {3 \minus{} \sqrt3}{3} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac {1}{2} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac {5 \minus{} \sqrt5}{5}$

The product $20! \cdot 21! \cdot 22! \cdot \cdot \cdot 28!$ can be expressed in the form $m$ $\cdot$ $n^3$, where m and n are positive integers, and m is not divisible by the cube of any prime. Find m.

The expression $ a^3 \minus{} a^{ \minus{} 3}$ equals: $ \textbf{(A)}\ \left(a \minus{} \frac {1}{a}\right)\left(a^2 \plus{} 1 \plus{} \frac {1}{a^2}\right) \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \left(\frac {1}{a} \minus{} a\right)\left(a^2 \minus{} 1 \plus{} \frac {1}{a^2}\right)$ $ \textbf{(C)}\ \left(a \minus{} \frac {1}{a}\right)\left(a^2 \minus{} 2 \plus{} \frac {1}{a^2}\right) \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \left(\frac {1}{a} \minus{} a\right)\left(a^2 \plus{} 1 \plus{} \frac {1}{a^2}\right)$ $ \textbf{(E)}\ \text{none of these}$